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PUBLICATIONS
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
BULLETIN No. 29
NINTH
BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA
HISTORICAL COMMISSION
1920-1922
A People Who Have ITot the Peide to
Eecobd Theie History Will Not Long
Have the Virtue to Make History That
IS Worth Eecordiwg.
NINTH BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
North Carolina Historical Commission
December 1, 1920, to
November 30, 1922
RALEIGH, N. C.
Edwabds & Broughton Printing Compant
State Printers
1923
LiDi5iy> Univ. c^
North Carolina
North Carolina Historical Commission
J, Bryan Grimes, Chairman, Raleigh
Frank "Wood, Edenton
M. C. S. N'oBLE, Chapel Hill
Thomas M. Pittman, Henderson
Heriot Clarkson, Charlotte
D. H. Hill, Secretary, Raleigh
Letter of Transmittal
To His Excellency,
Cameron Moreison,
Governor of North Carolina.
Sir:—I have the honor to submit herewith for your Excellency's
consideration the Biennial Eeport of the North Carolina Historical
Commission, for December 1, 1920-lSrovember 30, 1922.
Respectfully,
J. Bryan Grimes,
Chairman.
Raleigh, N. C, January, 1923.
BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
Secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission
DECEMBER i, 1920, TO NOVEMBER 30, 1922
To Hon. J. Bryan Geimes, Chairman, Messes. Thomas M. Pittman,
M. C. S. Noble, Teank Wood and Hebiot Claekson, Com-missioners.
Gentlemen:—I have the honor to suhmit the following report of
the work of the l^orth Carolina Historical Commission for the period
December 1, 1920-]S'oYember 30, 1922.
ORGANIZATION
There has been one change in the organization of the Commission.
On November 16, 1922, D. H. Hill resigned his commission to become
Secretary of the Historical Commission. To fill his unexpired term,
the Governor appointed the same day Hon. Heriot Clarkson of Char-lotte.
Hon. J. Bryan Grimes has continued as Chairman of the
Commission for the whole period of this report.
On August 31, 1921, Mr. E. D. W. Connor, who had been Secretary
to the Commission since its inception in 1903, resigned his office to
become Kenan Professor of History and Government in the University
of North Carolina. The Commission elected to succeed Mr, Connor,
D. H. Hill, who began his duties as Secretary on September 1, 1921.
During the period covered by this report the following have com-posed
the permanent staff of the office
:
Office Porce
Secretary, R. D. W. Connor (through August 31, 1921); D. H. Hill
(September 1, 1921- ).
Legislative Reference Librarian, H. M. London.
Collector for the Hall of History, Fred A- Olds.
Collector of World War Records, R. B. House.
Restorer of Manuscripts, Mrs. J. M. Winfree.
Stenographer, Miss Marjory Terrell.
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Stenographer, Miss Sophie Busbee (through October 31, 1921).
Stenographer, Mrs. W. J. Peele (since December 1, 1921).
File Clerk, Mrs. W. S. West.
Messenger, William Birdsall.
The following were temporarily employed for special service
:
Assistant Legislative Reference Librarian, W. T. Joyner (January
6-March 6, 1921. December 1-20, 1921).
Copyist, Miss Alice Moffitt (December 1, 1920-August 31, 1921),
Assistant File Clerk, Miss Sophie Busbee (since June 12, 1922).
Compiler of Revolutionary Roster, Moses Amis (since March 1, 1922).
DIYISION^ OF DOCUMENTS
Executive Papees
The papers of the following Governors, transferred from the Gov-ernor's
office, were properly arranged and filed:
R. B. Glenn, 1905-1909.
Locke Craig, 1913-1917.
T. W. Bickett, 1917-1920.
These papers total 93 cases; 1,000 pieces. In addition, the letter-book
of Governor Bickett was edited and arranged with a view to
publication. Additional papers were distributed among the Executive
Papers j^reviously arranged as follows : Richard Caswell, Samuel
Johnston, W. W. Holden, Tod R. Caldwell, C. H. Brogden, Zebulon B.
Vance, Thomas J. Jarvis, A. M. Scales, D. G. Fowle, T. M. Holt,
Elias Carr, C. B. Aycock. They total 1,975 pieces.
Letter-Books
Thirty-one letter-books were arranged in the papers of the following
Governors
:
A. M. Scales, 1885-1889.
D. G. Fowle, 1889-1891.
Thomas M. Holt, 1891-1893.
Elias Carr, 1893-1897.
D. L. Russell, 1897-1901.
W. W. Kitchin, 1909-1913.
Warrant Books
Six Warrant Books were arranged in the papers of the following
Governors
:
David Stone, 1808-1810.
Benjamin Smith, 1810-1811.
William Hawkins, 1812-1814.
*
William Miller, 1814-1817.
John Branch, 1817-1820.
Thomas J. Jarvis, 1879-1885.
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Military Papers
The following military papers were arranged for use
:
Muster Rolls Militia, 1812-1815.
Civil War Papers, 1860-1864.
Devereux Papers, 1860-1864.
They total 5,000 pieces.
Official Boards
The following records of official boards were arranged for use
:
Board of Internal Improvements, 1819-1891.
Secretary of State's Papers, 1736-1800.
Letters to the Secretary of State, 1729-1905.
Literary Board, 1835-1868.
Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1858-1888.
They total 6,500 pieces.
Kecords of Treasurer, Coimptroller, axd Auditor
Thirty-three volumes and 7,900 papers from the offices of the Treas-urer,
Comptroller, and Auditor, 1790-1865, were classified, catalogued,
and arranged for use.
Old iN'oRTH Carolina N"ewspapers
Photostat copies of ISTorth Carolina newspapers prior to 1800 were
arranged and catalogued by a descriptive list giving name, place, pub-lisher,
date, number, and condition of each paper.
Historical Manuscripts
The following collections of historical manuscripts were arranged
for use
:
Charles P. Bolles Letter-books, 1846-1855.
John H. Bryan Papers (197 pieces of new material), 1798-1870.
Drury Lacy Papers, 1800-1883.
Frederick Nash Papers, 1781-1858.
David Clark Papers, 1820-1882.
Gash Papers, 1816-1898.
Wood John Hamlin Papers, 1762-1835.
In addition to these, 7,556 papers have been properly distributed
among collections previously arranged.
World War Eecords, 1914-1920
The collection of over 100,000 items of World War Eecords was
arranged for use. Among these, draft lists from the Local Boards
totalling 55,100 names were alphabetized' and copied for binding.
Ninth Biennial Report
Legislative Papers
One hundred and thirty cases of Legislative Papers were classified
and grouped by years. Legislative Papers from 1729 to 1778 were
properly arranged.
County Records
Two hundred and twenty-three cases and volumes of county records
were added to the county records now in possession of the Historical
Commission. The collection of one thousand and eighty-six cases and
volumes from fifty counties were arranged for use and catalogued as
follows
:
COUNTY RECORDS IN ARCHIVES ROOM
Beaufobt: County Court Minutes, 1756-61,
Bebtie:
Brunswick:
Bueke:
Buncombe:
Bute:
Cabaebus:
Camden :
County Court Minutes, 1767-72; 1772-77; 1778-92; 1793-
1801; 1802; 1803-05; 1805-07; 1808-13; 1813-18; 1818-
22; 1822-32; 1832-41; 1842-43; 1842-53; 1853-67; 1868.
Land Entries, 1778-96.
Crown Dockets, 1762-65.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1782-1801; 1805-20; 1820-23;
1824-30; 1831-39; 1839-45; 1845-52; 1850-59; 1866-68.
Marriage Bonds.
Wills, 1781-1822; 1822-27; 1828-47.
Public School Records, 1841-60.
Register of Officers' bonds, 1796-1829.
County Court Minutes, 1807-18; 1818-29;
Marriage Bonds.
Court Papers, 1782-1842; 1783-1843.
Wills, 1794-1866.
County Court Minutes, 1822-24.
Trial Docket, 1796-1805.
Marriage Records, 1851-1870.
County Court Minutes, 1767-76.
Wills, 1764-79.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Papers, 1765-69.
Land Entries, 1778-79.
Inventories of Estates, 1765-79.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1855-68.
Orphans' Accounts, 1800-09.
1830-34
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Carteret :
Caswell:
Chatham :
Chowan:
Columbus :
Craven :
Cumberland:
Currituck :
Duplin :
Edgecombe:
Franklin :
County Court Minutes, 1724-96; 1764-82; 1796-99; 1799-
1804; 1804-13; 1813-20; 1820-24; 1824-26; 1826-27;
1821-30; 1831-37; 1837-45; 1840-41; 1842-45; 1845-43;
1849-52; 1852-58; 1858-68.
Marriage Bonds.
List of Taxables, 1802-1808; 1813-14; 1815-19.
Grants and Deeds, 1717-75.
Deeds, 1781-85.
County Court Dockets, 1730-84.
Miscellaneous Records, 1749-89.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1811-16.
Records, 1685-1805.
County Court Petitions.
County Court Minutes, 1838-40.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1784-87; 1787-91; 1791-97; 1798-
1800; 1801-04; 1805-08; 1808-10; 1811-12; 1810-16
1817-18; 1819-20; 1820-22; 1823-27; 1827-31;
1831-35; 1836; 1836-38; 1838-39; 1838-40;
1841-43; 1842-44; 1844-46; 1849-51; 1849-52;
1854-56; 1856-59; 1857-60; 1860-65; 1863-66.
Public Road Records, 1825-39; 1840-56.
Tax Lists, 1777-80.
Equity Minute Docket, Fayetteville District
1788-1829.
Marriage Bonds.
1830-32
1840-42
1852-55
Court,
County Court Minutes, 1799-1803; 1803-30.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1784-91; 1793-1808;
1804-10; 1810-16; 1817-18; 1819-22; 1823-28;
1835-37; 1837-38; 1840-43; 1843-45; 1845-46;
Minutes of St. Gabriel's Parish, 1800-17,
Record of Assessments and Taxes by districts, 1783
Marriage Bonds,
County Court Minutes, 1784-90.
Sales and Inventories of Estates, 1735-53;
1792-94.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1785-94; 1794-1800;
1803-10; 1810-13; 1814-17; 1820; 1820-23;
1820-24; 1822-24; 1825-27; 1831-36; 1836-40; 1840-44
1844-47; 1847-53.
Lists of Taxables, 1804-22; 1823-36,
Deeds, 1797-99.
Marriage Bonds,
1801-04;
1832-34;
1851-52,
1764-72;
1800-05
1819-21
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Gates :
Guilford :
Granville :
Halifax :
Haywood :
Hyde:
Johnston:
Jones :
Lenoir:
McDowell:
Mecklenbtjrg:
Nash:
New Hanover:
Northampton :
County Court Minutes, 1779-96; 1796-1815; 1815-30;
1830-58; 1833-41; 1851-54; 1859-68.
Trial and Reference Docket, 1784-86.
Court Papers and Settlements of Estates, 1786-1806.
Marriage Bonds.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1786-89; 1796-99; 1800-02; 1803-
06; 1806-10; 1810-13; 1813-16; 1816-18; 1818-20.
Execution Docket, 1765-67.
Land Entries, 1778-85.
Trial Docket, 1764^67.
Books of Taxables, 1796-1802; 1803-09.
County Court Minutes, 1784-87; 1796-99; 1799-1802;
1821-24.
Marriage Bonds.
Wills, 1735-1848.
Deeds, 1720-1850.
County Tax Book, 1784-1834.
Deeds, Edgecombe Precinct and County, Bertie Pre-cinct,
1732-40. Halifax, 1759-1761.
County Trustees Records, 1826-51.
Inventories of Estates, 1773-79.
Superior District Court Records, 1783-1805.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1785-97; 1804-28.
Wills and Inventories of Estates, 1781-85.
Record of Land Entries, 1778-95.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1816-25; 1826-32.
Miscellaneous Records, 1737-90; 1790-1818; 1818-1914.
Marriage Bonds.
Marriage Bonds.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1734-71; 1772-89; 1771-1866.
Original Will Books (2), 1797-1816; 1830-48.
Inventories of Estates, 1758-1810.
List of Taxables, 1782.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1787-1801; 1792-96; 1813-16;
1817-21; 1825-29; 1829-35; 1835-39; 1839-45; 1843-44;
1856-58; 1859-63; 1863-67; 1867-68.
Inventories of Estates, 1781-92.
Orphans' Estates, 1781-1801.
Marriage Bonds.
IN". C. Historical CoMMissioisr 11
Onslow:
Orange:
Pasquotank :
Perquimans :
Pebson:
Pitt:
Robeson:
Rockingham :
Rowan :
rutheefoed
:
Stokes :
Tyrrell:
County Court Minutes, 1734-71; 1772-89; 1789-98; 1798-
1822; 1822-32; 1832-45; 1845-54; 1855-61; 1861-68.
Wills, 1757-83; 1774-90.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1752-62; 1752-93; 1762-66; 1777-
88; 1787-95; 1795-1800; 1800-04; 1805-09; 1810-14;
1815-18; 1818-22; 1822-26; 1826-31; 1831-35; 1836-39;
1840-45; 1845-47; 1847-51; 1852-56; 1854-57.
Marriage Bonds.
Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1691-1822.
Orphans' Court Minutes, 1757-85.
Will Books, 1762-93.
County Court Minutes, 1741-1868.
Marriage Bonds.
Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1658-1820.
Letters and Court Papers, 1702-1816; 1711-80.
Precinct Court Papers, 1688-93; 1735-38.
Inventories of Estates, Taxables and Titheables, 1715-
98; 1715-1815.
County Court Minutes, 1735-74; 1784-89; 1794-1801.
Marriage Bonds.
Deeds, 1737-44; 1744-94; 1806-12; 1813-27.
Wills, 1711-1802; 1766-1808; 1776-1800.
Marriage Bonds.
County Papers, 1761-1859.
County Court Minutes, 1855-61; 1862-67; 1867-68.
Marriage Bonds.
Court Documents.
County Court Minutes, 1786-95; 1796-1803; 1804-07.
Marriage Bonds.
Court Papers, 1750-1810.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1794-98; 1799-1802; 18)03-06;
1806-10; 1813-17; 1808-19; 1818-19; 1820-21; 1821-25;
1825-30; 1831-37; 1838-44; 1862-68.
Marriage Bonds.
Wills, 1782-1S3'3.
Guardians' Accounts, 1840-50.
Land Entries, 1791-1803.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1735-61; 1761-82; 1783-98; 1798-
1811; 1809-16; 1819-49; 1841-65; 1865-68.
Marriage Bonds.
Deeds, 1735-54; 1746-84; 1767-99.
Miscellaneous Court Records, 1756-86.
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Wake: Marriage Bonds,
Waeeen: County Court Minutes, 1787-92; 1783-89; 1793-1800;
1787-1806; 1791-1815; 1800-05; 1801-05; 1806-14; 1823-
25; 1852-54.
Marriage Bonds.
Washington: Deeds, 1800-01.
Wayne: County Court Minutes, 1787-88.
Wills, in 10 small books, 1787-1824; also original wills,
1781-1805.
Inventories of Estates.
Marriage Bonds (5) 1795.
Marriage Licenses (2 books, indexed) 1851-61.
Wilkes: County Court Minutes, 1797.
County Court Records, 1778-99.
Marriage Bonds.
They consist of County Court Minutes, Deeds, Wills, Inventories,
Tax Lists, and Marriage Bonds. These records are consulted daily
by historical workers.
Several hundred thousand documents were handled in the above
work. There is not a paper in our collection that has not been classi-fied
and made accessible to investigators.
Handbook of Manuscripts
A typewritten handbook, giving descriptions of manuscripts, similar
to the Handbook of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress, has been
systematically added to. The Handbook consists now of 187 pages
and describes 137 collections.
Calendars
The following calendars are ready for publication:
North Carolina Letters in the Van Buren Papers, 1824-1858.
Hale Papers, 1850-1866.
D. L. Swain Manuscripts, 1793-1868.
North Carolina Letters from The Crittenden Papers, 1827-1863.
Hayes Collection, 1728-1806.
Spencer Papers, 1859-1902.
William L. Saunders Manuscripts, 1866-1888.
Dartmouth Manuscripts, 1720-1783.
Repairing of Manuscripts
17,752 sheets have been repaired in various ways, as follows
:
8,567 repaired with paper.
1,442 repaired with crepeline.
561 hinged with cloth.
12,904 mounted for binding.
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88 pages inserted in books already bound.
95 clippings mounted for binding, on 80 sheets.
4 large maps mounted on cloth and hinged.
Index to Revolutionary Army Accounts
The card index to the Revolutionary Army Accounts mentioned
in previous reports has been copied and bound into five handy volumes.
These indexes, together with those to the Colonial and State Records,
give complete references to all available sources of information about
Worth Carolina's soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary Roster
Under direction of the Secretary, Mr. Moses Amis is preparing from
the above material a complete roster of North Carolina soldiers in
the Revolutionary "War.
Index to Hathaway's Genealogical Register
Mr. R. D. W. Connor is preparing for the Commission a card index
to Hathaway's Genealogical Register. This will give invaluable aid
to genealogical investigators.
Binding
Sixty-four volumes were bound as follows
:
Chowan County Papers, 1685-1805, I-XIX.
Wills, Vol. IV, 1733-1752.
Court Papers, District of Edenton, 1751-1787.
General Court Papers, Vols. MI, 1690-1754.
Vice Admiralty Papers, Vols. I-IV, 1697-1759.
Customs House Papers, Port of Roanoke, Vols. I-II, 1682-1775.
Albemarle County Papers, Secretary's Office, 1678-1739, Vols. I-II.
Granville District Papers, Land Office Records, 1744-1763.
Governors' Papers, State Series, 1787-1814, Vols. XVI-XLI.
Lenoir County Papers, Lovitt Hines Collection, 1737-1914, Vols. I-III.
World War Records, R. B. House Papers, 1916-1920, Vols. I-II.
Publications
The following publications have come from the press:
Bulletin 27. The Eighth Biennial Report of the Secretary of the
North Carolina Historical Commission, December 1, 1918-November
30, 1920. Paper. 40 pp.
Bulletin 28. Proceedings of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Annual
Sessions of the State Literary and Historical Association of North
Carolina, 1920 and 1921. Paper. 128 pp.
North Carolina Manual for 1921. Compiled and edited by R. D. W.
Connor. Cloth. 486 pp.
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Papers of Thomas Ruffin. Compiled and edited by J. G. deR. Hamilton.
Vol. III. Cloth. 464 pp. Vol. IV. Cloth. 403 pp.
DeGraffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited by-
Vincent H. Todd in co-operation with Julius Goebel. Cloth. 434 pp.
Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Edited by Adelaide L.
Fries. Vol. I. Cloth. 511 pp.
Publication of World War Records
In co-operation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the
Collector of War Records, R. B. House, wrote and published the North
Carolina Day Program for 1921, this being a brief history of JSTorth
Carolina in the World War. Paper. 72 pp.
For the County Commissioners of Caswell County he edited and pub-lished
Caswell County in the World War. Paper. 350 pp.
Use of Records
One hundred and fifteen people came in person to consult the records
in the Commission's archives. Three expert genealogists have also been
constantly employed in making researches for people in all parts of
the country. While genealogical information has been most frequently
sought, the following subjects have been worked' out from records in
our possession:
John Motley Morehead and the Development of North Carolina, 1796-1866.
By Burton Alva Konkle, with an introduction by Hon. H. G. Connor. Cloth.
437 pp. Philadelphia, Campbell, 1922.
The Negro in North Carolina to 1860. Thesis of R. H. Taylor, graduate
student at the University of Michigan.
Union Sentiment in North Carolina During the Civil War. Thesis of Miss
Mary Shannon Smith, Columbia University.
Willie P. Mangum. Thesis of Miss Penelope McDufRe, Columbia University.
Ratification of the Federal Constitution. Thesis of Miss Louise Irby,
Columbia University.
The Farmers Alliance. Special research by Dr. J. D. Hicks, Professor of
History, North Carolina College for Women.
History of Education in North Carolina. Special research by Prof. M. C. S.
Noble, University of North Carolina.
Special research in educational documents by Dr. E. W. Knight, University
of North Carolina.
North Carolina Wills. Research by F. W. Clontz, Yale University.
William R. Davie, special research by R. D. W. Connor, University of
North Carolina.
North Carolina in the World War. R. B. House, in conjunction with the
Department of Public Instruction.
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ACCESSION'S
Additions to Former Collections
From one to a dozen pieces were added to the following collections
of private papers : Thomas Person, John Williams, Martin Howard,
"William Gaston, Joseph Burton, James C. Dobbin, George E. Badger,
John Branch, Benjamin Hawkins, D. H. Hill, Z. B. Vance, James
Phillips, Xathaniel Macon, Griffith Eutherford, Joseph Benton, Abner
Nash, L. O'B. Branch, Eichard Caswell, Mcholas Long, "William Polk,
R. D. Catlin, T. H. Holmes.
More numerous and important additions are as follows:
John Heritage Bryan Papers.—To this collection of John Heritage
Bryan, Colonel J. Bryan Grimes has added 147 pieces, dating from
1798 to 1870, adding interesting and valuable data to this important his-torical
and biographical collection.
"Walter Clark Papers.—To this collection of his personal papers
Chief Justice "Walter Clark has added 1,063 pieces. This brings the
total of this valuable collection to 5,032 pieces.
"Walter Clark Manuscripts.—To this collection of valuable histor-ical
manuscripts. Chief Justice Clark has added 569 pieces, making a
total in this collection of 1,768 pieces.
"William A. Graham Papers.—To this collection of his father's
papers, Major W. A. Graham has added 351 pieces, dating from 1776
to 1875.
Executive Papers.—11,000 papers were added to the papers of iN'orth
Carolina Governors, as follows : Holden, Vance, Brogden, Jarvis,
Fowle, Aycock, Glenn, Craig, and Bickett. Thirty-one letter-books were
added to our collections, and six warrant books. These have been noted
above.
Civil "War Papers.—From Captain E. M. Michaux, Goldsboro, were
received 2,500 pieces of Civil "War material, including 500 telegrams,
1861-1865. Quartemiaster Eeturns 26th Regiment, 1861-1865;' Muster
Eolls 26th Eegiment, 1862-1864. Band and Hospital service. From
Dr. H. T. King, a roster of Pitt County soldiers, 1860-1865, 60 pp. mss.
Papers from State Offices.—The following papers and volumes
were received from various State offices
:
Secretary of State, 1729-1905, 4,900 pieces.
Treasurer, Comptroller, and Auditor, 1790-1870, 33 volumes, 7,900
pieces.
Customs House Papers, 900 pieces, 1788-1790.
^ Presented by Mrs. John M. Ellington and Mr. Cadmus Young, Polenta.
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County Records.—223 cases and volumes were received from the
following counties : Bute, Buncombe, Brunswick, Carteret, Cumber-land,
Duplin, Halifax, 'New Hanover, Northampton, Orange, Robeson,
Wayne. This swells our county collection to 1,088 cases and volumes
covered in the list above.
Maps.—The following maps were received
:
Map of the United States with insert of North Carolina, 1804.
Plan of Wilmington, 1769. From Dr. Charles M. Andrews.
London in Miniature, Edward Mogg, 1829. From Mrs. Fattie D. B.
Arrington.
World War Records, 1914-1919
Individual Records—Army—300.—North Carolina War Service
Records (World War), 1914-1919. Compiled by Daughters of the Amer-ican
Revolution. Cloth. 2 Vols. 885 pp. Local Board Lists of
Inducted men from North Carolina, alphabetized by race, names, and
counties, for binding—a list of about 55,100 names. In conjunction
with the Adjutant-General we have also a card index to all service
men from North Carolina by all classes. This list contains over 90,000
names.
Individual Records—Navy—4.
Individual Records—Air Service—4.
Deserters.—A complete file to date of the deserters from North Caro-lina,
as published by the War Department and the Congressional
Record.
Soldiers' Letters—120.—George W. Alston, Josej^h A. Bumpus,
Robert W. Winston, Jr., and Collier Cobb, Jr.
Photographs—50.
History of North Carolina Units.—Base Hospital 65.
30th Division.—Field Orders 2nd Army Corps—1 volume, also 2
volumes manuscript.
Calendar of Records of 30th Division in the files of the Historical
Section, Army War College, MSS. 60 pp.
Calendar of Records of 60th Brigade, 30th Division, in the files of
the Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 14 pp.
Calendar of Records of 105th Sanitary Train, in the files of the
Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 1 p.
Calendar of Records of the 10th Field Squad Battalion, in the files
of the Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 2 pp.
Calendar of Records of the 105th Supply Train, in the files of the
Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 1 p.
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Calendar of Eecords of the 105tli Engineers, in the files of the His-torical
Section, Army War College, MSS. 10 pp.
Calendar of Records of 113th Field Artillery, in the files of the His-torical
Section, Army War College, MSS. 1 p.
Calendar of Records of 115th Machine Gun Battalion, in the files
of the Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 2 pp.
Calendar of Records of the 105th Train Headquarters, in the files
of the Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 1 p.
Calendar of Records of the 119th Infantry, in the files of the His-torical
Section, Army War College, MSS. 7 pp.
Calendar of Records of the 120th Infantry, in the files of the His-torical
Section, Army War College, MSS. 3 pp.
113th Field Artillery, about 10,000 original records, 1916-1919.
113th Machine Gun Battalion. Calendar of Records, Army War
College, MSS. 2 pp.
117th Engineer Train. Calendar of Records in Army War College,
MSS. 15 pp.
American Legion.—Complete file of American Legion Weekly to date.
Complete file of papers Department of N'orth Carolina.
Red Cross.—History of following chapters : Englehard, Hyde Coun-ty;
Greensboro; Hillsboro.
War Savings.—200 pieces from Miss Kate Herring.
Y. M. C. A.—Report of Greensboro Y. M. C. A., April 19 17-July,
1920.
County War History.—Granville, Vol., 214 pp.; Chowan, 300
pieces; Halifax, 200 pieces; Caswell, Vol., 350 pp.; Brunswick, 200
pieces ; Union, 60 pp. MSS.
Women in the War.—^Women's Committee, Council of Defence, 15
^pp. MSS.
Miscellaneous.—
Pamphlets—2,000.
War Poetry—100 pieces.
Mrs. R. O. Burton, Scrap Book—10,000 clippings.
Newspapers.—In addition to the E. Burke Haywood collection of
Civil War newspapers, systematic search for iN'orth Carolina newspapers
prior to 1800 has been prosecuted. Through the courtesy of the
Library of Congress in making photostats of papers in its possession,
the Massachusetts Historical Society in making photostat positives
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under an arrangement made in 1920, and the University of ISTortli Caro-lina
Library in lending volumes and' odd numbers of papers, the
Historical Commission now has 652 numbers as follows
:
Washington Federalist
Rind & Prentiss, Washington, D. C.
Year No. Date Remarks
1801 182 November 25 Pages 1 and 2.
The Virginia Gazette
John Dixon & William Hunter
1775 1272 December 23 Pages 1 and 2.
1778 1415 May 15
The North Carolina Journal
Abraham Hodge, Halifax
1794
1795
1796
80 January
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1 ji;An. i.su,
1796 219
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Year No. Date Remarks
1795 489 June 6
491 20
493 July 4
494 11
510 October 24 Pages 3 and 4 mutilated.
511 31
512 November 7
513 14
519 December 26
1796 519 January 2
526 February 13
528 27
.... March . . Pages 1 and 2 mutilated.
533 April 2
534 9 Pages 3 and 4 mutilated.
537 30
539 Mav 14
540 " 21
541 28
542 June 5
543 12
544 18 Pages 2 and 3 missing.
545 25
546 July 2
547 9
548 16
551 August 6
553 20
555 September 3
556 10
557 17
559 October 1
560 8
562 22
563 29
564 November 5
565 12
566 19
567 26
568 December 3 Pages 3 and 4 mutilated.
569 10
570 17
572 31
1797 573 January 7
575 21 Slightly blotted.
576 28
577 February 4
580 ' 25
682 March 11
583 18
584 25
586 AprU 8
587 15
603 August 5
Martin's North Carolina Gazette
F. X. Martin, N'ewbern
1787 80 July 11
85 August 15
103 December 19
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The State Gazette of North Carolina
Hodge & Blanchard, Newbern
Year No.
1787 99
105
1788 117
124
Date
October 4
November 15
February 7
March 27
Remarks
Pages 1 and 4.
Mutilated—printed by Hodge & Wills.
Slightly mutilated, crepelined.
The [N'ewbern Gazette
Jolin C. Osborn & Co., ISTewbern
1798 34 November 24
35 December 1
1799
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Fayetteville Gazette
Sibley & Howard, Fayetteville
Year No. Date Remarks
1789 1 August 24 Pages 3 and 4 rnvtilated, crepelined.
4 September 14
5 21
8 October 12
Fayetteville Gazette
Alexander Martin, for Jolin Sibley
179'2 1 August 7
8 September 25
9 October 2
10 9
11 16
12 23
13 30
14 November 6
17 27
19 December 11
1793 12 January 2
32 March 5
33 12
41 May 21
42 28
43 June 4
65 S November 19 Printed by Lancelot A. Mi.llin for John
Sibley.
Hall's Wilmington Gazette
1797 6 February 9
7 16
9 March 2
12 23 and extra of 2 pages.
13 30
14 April 6
16 20
23 June 8
35 August 24
37 September 7
39 28
40 October 5
42 12
43 26
44 November 3
1798 58 February 8
60 22
62 March 8
65 29
67 April 12
74 May 31
77 June 21
87 August 30
93 October 11
97 November 15
99 29
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The Wilmington Gazette
Allmand Hall, Wilmington
Year No. Date Remarks
1799 113
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The State Gazette of North Carolina
Hodge & Wills, Edenton
Year No. Remarks
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Year No. Remarks
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NEW COLLECTIONS
Frederick Nash Papers.—From Assistant Attorney-General Frank
Nash the Commission received the papers of Chief Justice Frederick
Nash, 1781-1858, 25 pieces.
Tazewell Hargrove Papers.—Mr. W. Stamps Howard of Tarboro
gave to the Commission the Tazewell C. Hargrove collection of auto-graphs
of members of the North Carolina Secession Convention, 1861.
T. D. Hogg Papers.—From Miss Sallie Dortch of Raleigh the Com-mission
received 2,000 pieces of miscellaneous Civil "War material, the
property of her grandfather. Major T. D. Hogg.
David Clark Papers.—Chief Justice Walter Clark gave to the His-torical
Commission 19 letters of his father, General David Clark,
relating to the defenses of the Eoanoke River, 1860.
E. BiJRKE Haywood Collection of Civil War Newspapers.—From
Mr. Ernest Haywood of Raleigh the Historical Commission received
the following collection of newspapers, deposited as a memorial to his
father and mother. Dr. E. Burke Haywood and Mrs. Lucy A. Haywood.
The collection includes
:
Daily Sentinel of Raleigh, 10 vols., 1865-1870.
Raleigh Standard, 9 vols., 1859-1866.
Raleigh Register, 5 vols., 1850-1868.
Raleigh State Journal, 1 vol., 1860-1865.
Raleigh Daily Conservative, 1 vol., 1864-1865,
Raleigh Progress, 1 vol., 1862-1865.
Raleigh Daily Confederate, 1 vol., 1864-1865.
Richmond Enquirer, 2 vols., 1863-1864.
Richmond Sentinel, 1 vol., 1863-1864.
Richmond Examiner, 3 vols., 1861-1865.
North Carolina Presbyterian (Fayetteville), 1 \ol., 1858-1863.
National Intelligencer (Washington, D. C), 9 vols., 1840-1859.
Diary of Catharine Ann Edmondston.—From Mrs. Katherine Deve-reux
Mackay the Historical Commission received the diary of Mrs.
Catharine Ann Edmondston, daughter of Thomas Pollock Devereux and
Catharine Ann Devereux of Raleigh. The diary is in four volumes.
It deals with daily happenings on the plantation, Hascosea, near Scot-land
Neck, North Carolina, and with the general progress of the Civil
War. It covers the dates 1860-1866.
Drury Lacy Letters.—From Col. J. Bryan Grimes the Historical
Commission received a collection of 40 letters written by Rev. Charles
Phillips of Chapel Hill to Rev. Drury Lacy of Raleigh. The letters
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cover the year 18S3, and form a chapter in a correspondence that con-tinued
from 1849 till about ISS-i between these two friends.
IhcKsox Lettees.—^From Mr. E. K. Bryan, Scotts Hill, X. C, the
Commission received 10 letters written by William Dickson, Duplin
County, X. C, to his cousin, Robert Dickson, in Ireland. The letters
cover the years 1784-1790, and give a true picture of the closing
years of the Revolution.
"Wood Johx Hamlix Papees.—This collection of 278 letters was
secured by purchase. They cover the years 1762-1835, and deal with
business and plantation affairs on the estate of "Wood John Hamlin
in Halifax County.
Registee of Licentiates.—Board of Medical Examiners of Xorth
Carolina, 1 vol., 1859-1920. Deposited by Dr. Kemp P. Battle.
Autograph of Johx Hancock.—From Mr. Owen Kenan, Wil-mington.
Hogg Deeds.—13 pieces from Mrs. C. A. Shore, Raleigh.
XORTH CAROLIXA RECORDS IX LOXDOX
In the summer of 1922 Mr. R. D. "W. Connor searched the records of
Xorth Carolina in the British Public Record OfEce and the British
Museum. The notable results of Mr. Connor's search may be seen in
the following brief report
:
Chapel Hill, X. C, Xovember 17, 1922.
De. D. H. Hill, Secretary,
The Xorth Carolina Historical Commission,
Raleigh, X. C.
Deab De. Hlll :—In accordance with the request of the Xorth Caro-lina
Historical Commission that I go to London to examine the collections
in the British Public Record Office and the British Museum to ascertain
whether they contain any documents of importance to the colonial his-tory
of Xorth Carolina of which the State does not now have copies,
I sailed from Xew York June 17th and spent the eight weeks from
June 26th to August 19th in London at work in the two above mentioned
institutions.
The chief depository of material bearing on Colonial America is the
British Public Record Office, where my work was mostly done. The
greater portion of the Xorth Carolina material deposited there has
been printed in the Colonial and State Records of Xorth Carolina, but
much valuable material remains to be copied. How much there is of
such material I cannot say, because the collections are so large that
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in the time at my disposal I could not possibly make a complete exam-ination
of them. The series of Colonial Office Papers alone embraces
1,742 volumes and bundles of manuscripts. It was perfectly obvious,
therefore, that in eight weeks I could examine but a few, comparatively,
of the hundreds of volumes that might contain iN'orth Carolina material.
I decided accordingly to examine in each collection a sufficient number
of volumes to enable me to determine three things, namely
:
1. Whether they contain unpublished material of importance to our
history;
2. The character and scope of that material;
3. The best method of obtaining copies of it.
Altogether I made such an examination of 371 volumes and bundles
in the following collections, which are described in Andrew's "Guide,"
in the volume and on the pages indicated in parentheses following each
title :
State Papers, Foreign, and Foreign Office Papers (I, 18-41).
State Papers, Domestic, and Home Office Papers (I, 42-74).
Colonial Office Papers (I, 78-267).
Admiralty Papers (II, 1-65).
Audit Office, Declared Papers (II, 66-78).
Audit Office, Declared Accounts (II, 79-105).
Lord Chamberlain Papers (II, 107-108).
Treasury Papers (II, 136-269).
War Office Papers (II, 270-303).
In each of the volumes, or bundles, which I examined, I listed the
documents which bear directly on North Carolina, and I attach hereto
a check-list of those documents. Many of the documents on this list
are printed in the Colonial Records, but I have not had time yet to
check them up completely. Those which I have checked have been
marked out. I have thus checked through the first 44 pages of the
attached list ; some of the documents which I have not marked out may
be in the Colonial Eecords, but if so I have not been able to locate
them. An examination of this list will show that there is still a vast
amount of material bearing on the colonial history of North Carolina
which is not in print, but it is impossible now to say what the extent
of this material is. For instance, the first 57 pages of the attached list
contain the North Carolina material found in 109 volumes and bundles
of Colonial Office Papers; but there are 1,633 volumes and bundles
in the series which I did not examine.
The attached list reveals four classes of documents which, it seems
to me, are important to our history, namely:
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1. Documents dealing directly with North Carolina and North Carolinians.
2. Documents bearing upon territory formerly but not now embraced
within the limits of North Carolina.
3. Documents dealing with matters of common interest to all the American
colonies, or to two or more including North Carolina, but which do not
refer to specific colonies.
4. Documents concerning individuals connected with the history of North
Carolina, but concerning them either before such connection began or
after it ceased.
The final point to be considered is the best procedure to be followed
for procuring copies of this material. It will be a simple matter to
employ the services of expert copyists in London at reasonable rates
of compensation, but the chief problem will be to select the documents
to be copied. These are scattered through hundreds of volumes and
bundles of manuscripts, each of which contains papers bearing on
many different subjects. There will be no difficulty in regard to docu-ments
which bear on their face the colony to which they refer, but
hundreds of them must be selected from their subject matter. This,
of course, will require some knowledge of Colonial American history,
if not of Worth Carolina history, on the part of the person making
the selections. It seems to me, therefore, that the Commission must
decide upon one of two courses
:
First, to send to London a member of the staff of the Commission
with instructions to make an examination of every volume and every
bundle (except those I have already examined) and' list every document
bearing on our history sufficiently directly to make it advisable for us
to have a copy of it. If this is done, such person ought to be instructed
within the field. Such a procedure would, of course, involve a rather
long residence in England—at least a year; perhaps longer—and con-siderable
expense. The alternative, it seems to me, is
Secondly, to draw from the data which I have already collected gen-eral
instructions describing the kinds of material wanted, and trust to
some carefully selected agent resident in England to make the selections
under such guidance. A large percentage of the material would be
obvious ; the doubtful material might be listed by descriptive titles and
submitted to the Commission for instructions, though this would, of
course, involve extra handling of the documents and extra expense.
Under this plan many documents of which we ought to have copies
would doubtless be overlooked, but the work could be done probably at
less expense than would be involved in the first plan suggested above.
Finally, whatever is done ought to be done as soon as possible. Many
of these documents—among them some of the most important—are in
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very bad condition and are rapidly disintegrating under the constant
handling to which they are being subjected'. This is especially true of
the American Loyalists Papers, which are of the utmost value for the
social, economic, political and military history of North Carolina during
the American Eevolution. For a description of these papers see the
attached check-list under the head "Audit Office Papers." Many of these
documents are so rotten that they cannot be handled even with the
utmost care without damage.
In conclusion, I must not omit to say that whatever the Commission
decides to do about these documents, it may expect to receive the fullest
and heartiest co-operation of the officials of the Public Eecord Office.
Very truly yours,
E. D. W. Connor.
HISTOEICAL MAEKEES
A committee of citizens in ISTew Hanover County formed an associa-tion
to mark the southwest salient of Port Fisher. A bronze marker
was placed on the site of this salient to preserve the memory of its
location and importance in this historic fort.
STOEY OF THE COUNTIES
Col. Fred A. Olds wrote and published, through the courtesy of the
Orphans Friend, Oxford, IST. C, "A Story of the Counties of North
Carolina, with Other Data." Paper, 64 pp. The Historical Commission
distributed 2,500 of these invaluable pamphlets.
HALL OF HISTOEY
I submit herewith the report of the Collector for the Hall of History,
and call your special attention to the fine collection of World War relics
known as the Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt Collection. The Museum
has been kept open every day of the past biennium, and 315 classes
of school children received lectures there on North Carolina history.
Thousands of visitors have viewed the collections.
Eeport of the Collector for the Hall of History
Ealeigh, N. C, December 1, 1922.
Dr. D. H, Hill, Secretary:
I beg leave to submit herewith my report as Collector for the Hall of
History for the period December 1, 1920-November 30, 1922
:
The search for relics and documents during the past two years has
yielded rich returns, in great variety, covering all periods of North
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Carolina's history, and it has been made in practically all the counties,
the only exception being those created since 1865, which present no
field for such activities.
Special efforts, extremely successful, were made to complete; the
notable collection of county records, including marriage bonds. Records
from Bute (extinct since 1779), Duplin, Halifax, Buncombe, North-ampton,
Carteret, Robeson, Cumberland, Wayne, New Hanover,
Brunswick, and Orange, were secured, and marriage bonds from Bute,
Warren, Rowan, Brunswick, Pasquotank, New Hanover, tud Robeson.
In some cases the existence of this material was not known by the
county officials. Records of births, marriages, and deaths in Pasquo-tank
(formed in 1672) were brought in from 1685.
Colonial relics in great variety form a notable addition to the col-lection
in the Hall of History. Revolutionary relics from the battle-fields
of Moore's Creek, Ramseur's Mill, King's Mountain, Guilford
Court House, and from other sources, including John Penn's Diary,
have been added.
Indian relics from Lake Mattamuskeet and other points have been
brought in and installed; also many which illustrate the Scotch settle-ment
and life.
Most careful searches were made in the State Capitol and in other
buildings for historical material, and the "finds" were surprisingly
numerous and! varied. The records of the Governors in the executive
office were also brought in, arranged and installed in the archives
department.
Oil portraits of William Gaston, the writer of the State song, "The
Old North State," and of Weldon N. Edwards, who presided over the
Secession Convention at Raleigh, May, 1861, were received by pre-sentation
as gifts.
The muster rolls of the 26th North Carolina Infantry, C. S. A.
(Vance, Burgwyn and Lane, its colonels in succession), were presented
and tell the stirring history of the regiment which lost more men in
the war than any other of the more than 4,000 regiments in the Federal
and Confederate armies.
Many relics of the War Between the States were gathered, among
them the brigade flag of Brigadier General Lawrence O'Brian Branch,
who was killed in Virginia.
Numerous relics of the World War, illustrating North Carolina's
part in it, were secured, notably an illustrative collection from the
battlefields where the 105th Engineers were engaged, these being a
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gift from its colonel, Joseph Hyde Pratt, as a memorial to the
organization, which was in the 30th—or Old Hickory—Division of
the American Expeditionary Forces.
Autographed photographs of North Carolina officers of high rank
are also among the new additions. The North Carolina branch of the
E,ed Cross and the great hospital at Oteen, near Asheville, presented
tapestries which were gifts by King George of Great Britain. Photo-graphs
illustrating thd visit of Marshal Foch of France to JSTorth
Carolina were another addition.
The music and words of the original "Dixie," with a photograph
and the autograph of Daniel D. Emmett, the author of the famous
song, are lent for a year by the owner, Mr. Curtis, of Rochester, N. Y.,
and from here go to Cornell University.
During the two years all the one hundred counties have been visited,
and in most of them history talks were made in colleges and schools of
all degrees, in cities and towns and the rural sections. These included
the State Summer School at the State College, and the Appalachian
Training School at Boone. At the latter the writer's two weeks holiday
was spent in giving lecture courses.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred A. Olds.
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY
Below will be found the report of the Legislative Reference Librarian.
I call your attention to the various services performed by this depart-ment,
and to the particular service of the bill-drafting service rendered
the General Assembly. Six hundred fifty bills were drafted here during
the regular session of the General Assembly of the 1921 and the special
session.
The report follows
:
Raleigh, N. C, November 20, 1922.
Dr. D. H. Hill, Secretary,
North Carolina Historical Commission,
Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Sir:—I beg to submit herewith a report of the work of the
Legislative Reference Library from December 1, 1920, to November
20, 1922:
The past twenty-four months have been unusually active ones in the
Legislative Reference Library. During this period the following publi-
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cations liave been prepared and distributed among State and county offi-cials,
libraries and civic and professional organizations throughout
the State:
1. Two editions of the Directory of State and County Officials. Hundreds
of requests were received for this useful booklet, both from within and
without the State.
2. A booklet containing the official vote by counties for President, State
officers. Congressmen and constitutional amendments at the election held in
November, 1920. A similar booklet covering the 1922 election will bei issued
shortly.
3. Bulletin No. 3, containing amendments to the Consolidated Statutes
enacted at the Extra Session of 1920 and the regular session of 1921, arranged
according to the section numbers of the Consolidated Statutes. This bulletin
of 69 pages has proved invaluable to the lawyers and court officials through-out
the State.
4. Bulletin No. 4 (24 pages), containing amendments to the Consolidated
Statutes enacted at the Extra Session of the General Assembly held in
December, 1921. This bulletin, together with Bulletin No. 3, contains all
amendments to the Consolidated Statutes enacted since its adoption in 1919.
5. A booklet of 32 pages containing synopsis of Game Laws of various
counties brought up to date with a supplement of game legislation enacted
at the Special Session of 1921.
6. A court calendar was compiled showing the dates of the Superior Court
held in the various counties of the State. This is especially useful to court
officials, lawyers, and the public generally.
A concise handbook of information as to the activities of the various
State departments is being compiled. This publication is designed to
give a brief description of all State agencies and will serve as a guide
to all persons seeking information and assistance. It will contain a
sketch of the Avork, together with citation of laws creating each depart-ment,
showing its chartered function.
Prior to the election of 1922, the press was furnished a compilation
showing the compensation of members of the various State Legislatures,
so that the voters might be informed when passing on the constitutional
amendment increasing the compensation of members of the General
Assembly.
During the regular session of the General Assembly of 1921 five hun-dred
bills were prepared and drafted for members, and during the Extra
Session of December, 1921, one hundred and fifty bills were likewise
prepared in this office, three stenographers from the offices of the En-grossing
Clerks of the House and Senate having been kept busy type-writing
the bills drafted. Members of the General Assembly, partic-ularly
the lay members, have appreciated this feature of the work in
the Legislative Eeference Library more than ever.
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In addition to tlie above outline of some of the principal activities
during the past two years, hundreds of inquiries touching on legislation
in this and other States have been investigated and answered, and in
no case has this office failed to give prompt and careful attention to
all matters referred to it.
Since January, 1922, Mrs. W. J. Peele has been regularly employed
as stenographer and assistant to the Legislative Reference Librarian,
and her services have been entirely satisfactory.
Respectfully yours,
Henry M. London,
Legislative Reference Librarian.
SUMMARY
The various and constant services rendered the public by the His-torical
Commission's staff cannot be adequately summarized. But the
following analysis of the foregoing report will show the main features
of the work for the past two years
:
1. 95,931 documents were properly arranged for use in our collections.
Over 100,000 other documents were grouped in proper classifications. 500
cases of new material were handled.
2. 1,078 cases and volumes of county records from fifty counties were
arranged and catalogued.
3. 17,752 pieces were scientifically repaired and mounted.
4. The Revolutionary Army Accounts were made available by an index
of five volumes.
5. 64 volumes were bound.
6. 6 publications were issued, a total of 6,000 volumes.
7. 33 collections were added to.
8. 12 new collections were secured.
9. New material in London was found and catalogued.
10. 115 researchers made use of the records; of these, 11 were preparing
monographs on North Carolina.
11. 315 classes, totalling 7,300 school children, received lectures on North
Carolina in the Hall of History.
12. 1,100 objects were added to the Hall of History.
13. The Collector for the Hall of History made 392 talks in public schools,
and issued "The Story of the Counties" to 2,500 people and institutions.
14. Two publications on the World War were prepared.
15. 5 publications were issued by the Legislative Reference Library, and
650 bills were drafted.
Respectfully submitted,
D. H. Hill,
Secretary.
Raleigh, North Carolina, December 1, 1922.
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PUBLICATIONS
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
BULLETIN No. 29
NINTH
BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA
HISTORICAL COMMISSION
1920-1922
A People Who Have ITot the Peide to
Eecobd Theie History Will Not Long
Have the Virtue to Make History That
IS Worth Eecordiwg.
NINTH BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
North Carolina Historical Commission
December 1, 1920, to
November 30, 1922
RALEIGH, N. C.
Edwabds & Broughton Printing Compant
State Printers
1923
LiDi5iy> Univ. c^
North Carolina
North Carolina Historical Commission
J, Bryan Grimes, Chairman, Raleigh
Frank "Wood, Edenton
M. C. S. N'oBLE, Chapel Hill
Thomas M. Pittman, Henderson
Heriot Clarkson, Charlotte
D. H. Hill, Secretary, Raleigh
Letter of Transmittal
To His Excellency,
Cameron Moreison,
Governor of North Carolina.
Sir:—I have the honor to submit herewith for your Excellency's
consideration the Biennial Eeport of the North Carolina Historical
Commission, for December 1, 1920-lSrovember 30, 1922.
Respectfully,
J. Bryan Grimes,
Chairman.
Raleigh, N. C, January, 1923.
BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
Secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission
DECEMBER i, 1920, TO NOVEMBER 30, 1922
To Hon. J. Bryan Geimes, Chairman, Messes. Thomas M. Pittman,
M. C. S. Noble, Teank Wood and Hebiot Claekson, Com-missioners.
Gentlemen:—I have the honor to suhmit the following report of
the work of the l^orth Carolina Historical Commission for the period
December 1, 1920-]S'oYember 30, 1922.
ORGANIZATION
There has been one change in the organization of the Commission.
On November 16, 1922, D. H. Hill resigned his commission to become
Secretary of the Historical Commission. To fill his unexpired term,
the Governor appointed the same day Hon. Heriot Clarkson of Char-lotte.
Hon. J. Bryan Grimes has continued as Chairman of the
Commission for the whole period of this report.
On August 31, 1921, Mr. E. D. W. Connor, who had been Secretary
to the Commission since its inception in 1903, resigned his office to
become Kenan Professor of History and Government in the University
of North Carolina. The Commission elected to succeed Mr, Connor,
D. H. Hill, who began his duties as Secretary on September 1, 1921.
During the period covered by this report the following have com-posed
the permanent staff of the office
:
Office Porce
Secretary, R. D. W. Connor (through August 31, 1921); D. H. Hill
(September 1, 1921- ).
Legislative Reference Librarian, H. M. London.
Collector for the Hall of History, Fred A- Olds.
Collector of World War Records, R. B. House.
Restorer of Manuscripts, Mrs. J. M. Winfree.
Stenographer, Miss Marjory Terrell.
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Stenographer, Miss Sophie Busbee (through October 31, 1921).
Stenographer, Mrs. W. J. Peele (since December 1, 1921).
File Clerk, Mrs. W. S. West.
Messenger, William Birdsall.
The following were temporarily employed for special service
:
Assistant Legislative Reference Librarian, W. T. Joyner (January
6-March 6, 1921. December 1-20, 1921).
Copyist, Miss Alice Moffitt (December 1, 1920-August 31, 1921),
Assistant File Clerk, Miss Sophie Busbee (since June 12, 1922).
Compiler of Revolutionary Roster, Moses Amis (since March 1, 1922).
DIYISION^ OF DOCUMENTS
Executive Papees
The papers of the following Governors, transferred from the Gov-ernor's
office, were properly arranged and filed:
R. B. Glenn, 1905-1909.
Locke Craig, 1913-1917.
T. W. Bickett, 1917-1920.
These papers total 93 cases; 1,000 pieces. In addition, the letter-book
of Governor Bickett was edited and arranged with a view to
publication. Additional papers were distributed among the Executive
Papers j^reviously arranged as follows : Richard Caswell, Samuel
Johnston, W. W. Holden, Tod R. Caldwell, C. H. Brogden, Zebulon B.
Vance, Thomas J. Jarvis, A. M. Scales, D. G. Fowle, T. M. Holt,
Elias Carr, C. B. Aycock. They total 1,975 pieces.
Letter-Books
Thirty-one letter-books were arranged in the papers of the following
Governors
:
A. M. Scales, 1885-1889.
D. G. Fowle, 1889-1891.
Thomas M. Holt, 1891-1893.
Elias Carr, 1893-1897.
D. L. Russell, 1897-1901.
W. W. Kitchin, 1909-1913.
Warrant Books
Six Warrant Books were arranged in the papers of the following
Governors
:
David Stone, 1808-1810.
Benjamin Smith, 1810-1811.
William Hawkins, 1812-1814.
*
William Miller, 1814-1817.
John Branch, 1817-1820.
Thomas J. Jarvis, 1879-1885.
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Military Papers
The following military papers were arranged for use
:
Muster Rolls Militia, 1812-1815.
Civil War Papers, 1860-1864.
Devereux Papers, 1860-1864.
They total 5,000 pieces.
Official Boards
The following records of official boards were arranged for use
:
Board of Internal Improvements, 1819-1891.
Secretary of State's Papers, 1736-1800.
Letters to the Secretary of State, 1729-1905.
Literary Board, 1835-1868.
Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1858-1888.
They total 6,500 pieces.
Kecords of Treasurer, Coimptroller, axd Auditor
Thirty-three volumes and 7,900 papers from the offices of the Treas-urer,
Comptroller, and Auditor, 1790-1865, were classified, catalogued,
and arranged for use.
Old iN'oRTH Carolina N"ewspapers
Photostat copies of ISTorth Carolina newspapers prior to 1800 were
arranged and catalogued by a descriptive list giving name, place, pub-lisher,
date, number, and condition of each paper.
Historical Manuscripts
The following collections of historical manuscripts were arranged
for use
:
Charles P. Bolles Letter-books, 1846-1855.
John H. Bryan Papers (197 pieces of new material), 1798-1870.
Drury Lacy Papers, 1800-1883.
Frederick Nash Papers, 1781-1858.
David Clark Papers, 1820-1882.
Gash Papers, 1816-1898.
Wood John Hamlin Papers, 1762-1835.
In addition to these, 7,556 papers have been properly distributed
among collections previously arranged.
World War Eecords, 1914-1920
The collection of over 100,000 items of World War Eecords was
arranged for use. Among these, draft lists from the Local Boards
totalling 55,100 names were alphabetized' and copied for binding.
Ninth Biennial Report
Legislative Papers
One hundred and thirty cases of Legislative Papers were classified
and grouped by years. Legislative Papers from 1729 to 1778 were
properly arranged.
County Records
Two hundred and twenty-three cases and volumes of county records
were added to the county records now in possession of the Historical
Commission. The collection of one thousand and eighty-six cases and
volumes from fifty counties were arranged for use and catalogued as
follows
:
COUNTY RECORDS IN ARCHIVES ROOM
Beaufobt: County Court Minutes, 1756-61,
Bebtie:
Brunswick:
Bueke:
Buncombe:
Bute:
Cabaebus:
Camden :
County Court Minutes, 1767-72; 1772-77; 1778-92; 1793-
1801; 1802; 1803-05; 1805-07; 1808-13; 1813-18; 1818-
22; 1822-32; 1832-41; 1842-43; 1842-53; 1853-67; 1868.
Land Entries, 1778-96.
Crown Dockets, 1762-65.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1782-1801; 1805-20; 1820-23;
1824-30; 1831-39; 1839-45; 1845-52; 1850-59; 1866-68.
Marriage Bonds.
Wills, 1781-1822; 1822-27; 1828-47.
Public School Records, 1841-60.
Register of Officers' bonds, 1796-1829.
County Court Minutes, 1807-18; 1818-29;
Marriage Bonds.
Court Papers, 1782-1842; 1783-1843.
Wills, 1794-1866.
County Court Minutes, 1822-24.
Trial Docket, 1796-1805.
Marriage Records, 1851-1870.
County Court Minutes, 1767-76.
Wills, 1764-79.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Papers, 1765-69.
Land Entries, 1778-79.
Inventories of Estates, 1765-79.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1855-68.
Orphans' Accounts, 1800-09.
1830-34
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Carteret :
Caswell:
Chatham :
Chowan:
Columbus :
Craven :
Cumberland:
Currituck :
Duplin :
Edgecombe:
Franklin :
County Court Minutes, 1724-96; 1764-82; 1796-99; 1799-
1804; 1804-13; 1813-20; 1820-24; 1824-26; 1826-27;
1821-30; 1831-37; 1837-45; 1840-41; 1842-45; 1845-43;
1849-52; 1852-58; 1858-68.
Marriage Bonds.
List of Taxables, 1802-1808; 1813-14; 1815-19.
Grants and Deeds, 1717-75.
Deeds, 1781-85.
County Court Dockets, 1730-84.
Miscellaneous Records, 1749-89.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1811-16.
Records, 1685-1805.
County Court Petitions.
County Court Minutes, 1838-40.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1784-87; 1787-91; 1791-97; 1798-
1800; 1801-04; 1805-08; 1808-10; 1811-12; 1810-16
1817-18; 1819-20; 1820-22; 1823-27; 1827-31;
1831-35; 1836; 1836-38; 1838-39; 1838-40;
1841-43; 1842-44; 1844-46; 1849-51; 1849-52;
1854-56; 1856-59; 1857-60; 1860-65; 1863-66.
Public Road Records, 1825-39; 1840-56.
Tax Lists, 1777-80.
Equity Minute Docket, Fayetteville District
1788-1829.
Marriage Bonds.
1830-32
1840-42
1852-55
Court,
County Court Minutes, 1799-1803; 1803-30.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1784-91; 1793-1808;
1804-10; 1810-16; 1817-18; 1819-22; 1823-28;
1835-37; 1837-38; 1840-43; 1843-45; 1845-46;
Minutes of St. Gabriel's Parish, 1800-17,
Record of Assessments and Taxes by districts, 1783
Marriage Bonds,
County Court Minutes, 1784-90.
Sales and Inventories of Estates, 1735-53;
1792-94.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1785-94; 1794-1800;
1803-10; 1810-13; 1814-17; 1820; 1820-23;
1820-24; 1822-24; 1825-27; 1831-36; 1836-40; 1840-44
1844-47; 1847-53.
Lists of Taxables, 1804-22; 1823-36,
Deeds, 1797-99.
Marriage Bonds,
1801-04;
1832-34;
1851-52,
1764-72;
1800-05
1819-21
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Gates :
Guilford :
Granville :
Halifax :
Haywood :
Hyde:
Johnston:
Jones :
Lenoir:
McDowell:
Mecklenbtjrg:
Nash:
New Hanover:
Northampton :
County Court Minutes, 1779-96; 1796-1815; 1815-30;
1830-58; 1833-41; 1851-54; 1859-68.
Trial and Reference Docket, 1784-86.
Court Papers and Settlements of Estates, 1786-1806.
Marriage Bonds.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1786-89; 1796-99; 1800-02; 1803-
06; 1806-10; 1810-13; 1813-16; 1816-18; 1818-20.
Execution Docket, 1765-67.
Land Entries, 1778-85.
Trial Docket, 1764^67.
Books of Taxables, 1796-1802; 1803-09.
County Court Minutes, 1784-87; 1796-99; 1799-1802;
1821-24.
Marriage Bonds.
Wills, 1735-1848.
Deeds, 1720-1850.
County Tax Book, 1784-1834.
Deeds, Edgecombe Precinct and County, Bertie Pre-cinct,
1732-40. Halifax, 1759-1761.
County Trustees Records, 1826-51.
Inventories of Estates, 1773-79.
Superior District Court Records, 1783-1805.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1785-97; 1804-28.
Wills and Inventories of Estates, 1781-85.
Record of Land Entries, 1778-95.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1816-25; 1826-32.
Miscellaneous Records, 1737-90; 1790-1818; 1818-1914.
Marriage Bonds.
Marriage Bonds.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1734-71; 1772-89; 1771-1866.
Original Will Books (2), 1797-1816; 1830-48.
Inventories of Estates, 1758-1810.
List of Taxables, 1782.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1787-1801; 1792-96; 1813-16;
1817-21; 1825-29; 1829-35; 1835-39; 1839-45; 1843-44;
1856-58; 1859-63; 1863-67; 1867-68.
Inventories of Estates, 1781-92.
Orphans' Estates, 1781-1801.
Marriage Bonds.
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Onslow:
Orange:
Pasquotank :
Perquimans :
Pebson:
Pitt:
Robeson:
Rockingham :
Rowan :
rutheefoed
:
Stokes :
Tyrrell:
County Court Minutes, 1734-71; 1772-89; 1789-98; 1798-
1822; 1822-32; 1832-45; 1845-54; 1855-61; 1861-68.
Wills, 1757-83; 1774-90.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1752-62; 1752-93; 1762-66; 1777-
88; 1787-95; 1795-1800; 1800-04; 1805-09; 1810-14;
1815-18; 1818-22; 1822-26; 1826-31; 1831-35; 1836-39;
1840-45; 1845-47; 1847-51; 1852-56; 1854-57.
Marriage Bonds.
Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1691-1822.
Orphans' Court Minutes, 1757-85.
Will Books, 1762-93.
County Court Minutes, 1741-1868.
Marriage Bonds.
Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1658-1820.
Letters and Court Papers, 1702-1816; 1711-80.
Precinct Court Papers, 1688-93; 1735-38.
Inventories of Estates, Taxables and Titheables, 1715-
98; 1715-1815.
County Court Minutes, 1735-74; 1784-89; 1794-1801.
Marriage Bonds.
Deeds, 1737-44; 1744-94; 1806-12; 1813-27.
Wills, 1711-1802; 1766-1808; 1776-1800.
Marriage Bonds.
County Papers, 1761-1859.
County Court Minutes, 1855-61; 1862-67; 1867-68.
Marriage Bonds.
Court Documents.
County Court Minutes, 1786-95; 1796-1803; 1804-07.
Marriage Bonds.
Court Papers, 1750-1810.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1794-98; 1799-1802; 18)03-06;
1806-10; 1813-17; 1808-19; 1818-19; 1820-21; 1821-25;
1825-30; 1831-37; 1838-44; 1862-68.
Marriage Bonds.
Wills, 1782-1S3'3.
Guardians' Accounts, 1840-50.
Land Entries, 1791-1803.
Marriage Bonds.
County Court Minutes, 1735-61; 1761-82; 1783-98; 1798-
1811; 1809-16; 1819-49; 1841-65; 1865-68.
Marriage Bonds.
Deeds, 1735-54; 1746-84; 1767-99.
Miscellaneous Court Records, 1756-86.
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Wake: Marriage Bonds,
Waeeen: County Court Minutes, 1787-92; 1783-89; 1793-1800;
1787-1806; 1791-1815; 1800-05; 1801-05; 1806-14; 1823-
25; 1852-54.
Marriage Bonds.
Washington: Deeds, 1800-01.
Wayne: County Court Minutes, 1787-88.
Wills, in 10 small books, 1787-1824; also original wills,
1781-1805.
Inventories of Estates.
Marriage Bonds (5) 1795.
Marriage Licenses (2 books, indexed) 1851-61.
Wilkes: County Court Minutes, 1797.
County Court Records, 1778-99.
Marriage Bonds.
They consist of County Court Minutes, Deeds, Wills, Inventories,
Tax Lists, and Marriage Bonds. These records are consulted daily
by historical workers.
Several hundred thousand documents were handled in the above
work. There is not a paper in our collection that has not been classi-fied
and made accessible to investigators.
Handbook of Manuscripts
A typewritten handbook, giving descriptions of manuscripts, similar
to the Handbook of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress, has been
systematically added to. The Handbook consists now of 187 pages
and describes 137 collections.
Calendars
The following calendars are ready for publication:
North Carolina Letters in the Van Buren Papers, 1824-1858.
Hale Papers, 1850-1866.
D. L. Swain Manuscripts, 1793-1868.
North Carolina Letters from The Crittenden Papers, 1827-1863.
Hayes Collection, 1728-1806.
Spencer Papers, 1859-1902.
William L. Saunders Manuscripts, 1866-1888.
Dartmouth Manuscripts, 1720-1783.
Repairing of Manuscripts
17,752 sheets have been repaired in various ways, as follows
:
8,567 repaired with paper.
1,442 repaired with crepeline.
561 hinged with cloth.
12,904 mounted for binding.
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88 pages inserted in books already bound.
95 clippings mounted for binding, on 80 sheets.
4 large maps mounted on cloth and hinged.
Index to Revolutionary Army Accounts
The card index to the Revolutionary Army Accounts mentioned
in previous reports has been copied and bound into five handy volumes.
These indexes, together with those to the Colonial and State Records,
give complete references to all available sources of information about
Worth Carolina's soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary Roster
Under direction of the Secretary, Mr. Moses Amis is preparing from
the above material a complete roster of North Carolina soldiers in
the Revolutionary "War.
Index to Hathaway's Genealogical Register
Mr. R. D. W. Connor is preparing for the Commission a card index
to Hathaway's Genealogical Register. This will give invaluable aid
to genealogical investigators.
Binding
Sixty-four volumes were bound as follows
:
Chowan County Papers, 1685-1805, I-XIX.
Wills, Vol. IV, 1733-1752.
Court Papers, District of Edenton, 1751-1787.
General Court Papers, Vols. MI, 1690-1754.
Vice Admiralty Papers, Vols. I-IV, 1697-1759.
Customs House Papers, Port of Roanoke, Vols. I-II, 1682-1775.
Albemarle County Papers, Secretary's Office, 1678-1739, Vols. I-II.
Granville District Papers, Land Office Records, 1744-1763.
Governors' Papers, State Series, 1787-1814, Vols. XVI-XLI.
Lenoir County Papers, Lovitt Hines Collection, 1737-1914, Vols. I-III.
World War Records, R. B. House Papers, 1916-1920, Vols. I-II.
Publications
The following publications have come from the press:
Bulletin 27. The Eighth Biennial Report of the Secretary of the
North Carolina Historical Commission, December 1, 1918-November
30, 1920. Paper. 40 pp.
Bulletin 28. Proceedings of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Annual
Sessions of the State Literary and Historical Association of North
Carolina, 1920 and 1921. Paper. 128 pp.
North Carolina Manual for 1921. Compiled and edited by R. D. W.
Connor. Cloth. 486 pp.
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Papers of Thomas Ruffin. Compiled and edited by J. G. deR. Hamilton.
Vol. III. Cloth. 464 pp. Vol. IV. Cloth. 403 pp.
DeGraffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited by-
Vincent H. Todd in co-operation with Julius Goebel. Cloth. 434 pp.
Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Edited by Adelaide L.
Fries. Vol. I. Cloth. 511 pp.
Publication of World War Records
In co-operation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the
Collector of War Records, R. B. House, wrote and published the North
Carolina Day Program for 1921, this being a brief history of JSTorth
Carolina in the World War. Paper. 72 pp.
For the County Commissioners of Caswell County he edited and pub-lished
Caswell County in the World War. Paper. 350 pp.
Use of Records
One hundred and fifteen people came in person to consult the records
in the Commission's archives. Three expert genealogists have also been
constantly employed in making researches for people in all parts of
the country. While genealogical information has been most frequently
sought, the following subjects have been worked' out from records in
our possession:
John Motley Morehead and the Development of North Carolina, 1796-1866.
By Burton Alva Konkle, with an introduction by Hon. H. G. Connor. Cloth.
437 pp. Philadelphia, Campbell, 1922.
The Negro in North Carolina to 1860. Thesis of R. H. Taylor, graduate
student at the University of Michigan.
Union Sentiment in North Carolina During the Civil War. Thesis of Miss
Mary Shannon Smith, Columbia University.
Willie P. Mangum. Thesis of Miss Penelope McDufRe, Columbia University.
Ratification of the Federal Constitution. Thesis of Miss Louise Irby,
Columbia University.
The Farmers Alliance. Special research by Dr. J. D. Hicks, Professor of
History, North Carolina College for Women.
History of Education in North Carolina. Special research by Prof. M. C. S.
Noble, University of North Carolina.
Special research in educational documents by Dr. E. W. Knight, University
of North Carolina.
North Carolina Wills. Research by F. W. Clontz, Yale University.
William R. Davie, special research by R. D. W. Connor, University of
North Carolina.
North Carolina in the World War. R. B. House, in conjunction with the
Department of Public Instruction.
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ACCESSION'S
Additions to Former Collections
From one to a dozen pieces were added to the following collections
of private papers : Thomas Person, John Williams, Martin Howard,
"William Gaston, Joseph Burton, James C. Dobbin, George E. Badger,
John Branch, Benjamin Hawkins, D. H. Hill, Z. B. Vance, James
Phillips, Xathaniel Macon, Griffith Eutherford, Joseph Benton, Abner
Nash, L. O'B. Branch, Eichard Caswell, Mcholas Long, "William Polk,
R. D. Catlin, T. H. Holmes.
More numerous and important additions are as follows:
John Heritage Bryan Papers.—To this collection of John Heritage
Bryan, Colonel J. Bryan Grimes has added 147 pieces, dating from
1798 to 1870, adding interesting and valuable data to this important his-torical
and biographical collection.
"Walter Clark Papers.—To this collection of his personal papers
Chief Justice "Walter Clark has added 1,063 pieces. This brings the
total of this valuable collection to 5,032 pieces.
"Walter Clark Manuscripts.—To this collection of valuable histor-ical
manuscripts. Chief Justice Clark has added 569 pieces, making a
total in this collection of 1,768 pieces.
"William A. Graham Papers.—To this collection of his father's
papers, Major W. A. Graham has added 351 pieces, dating from 1776
to 1875.
Executive Papers.—11,000 papers were added to the papers of iN'orth
Carolina Governors, as follows : Holden, Vance, Brogden, Jarvis,
Fowle, Aycock, Glenn, Craig, and Bickett. Thirty-one letter-books were
added to our collections, and six warrant books. These have been noted
above.
Civil "War Papers.—From Captain E. M. Michaux, Goldsboro, were
received 2,500 pieces of Civil "War material, including 500 telegrams,
1861-1865. Quartemiaster Eeturns 26th Regiment, 1861-1865;' Muster
Eolls 26th Eegiment, 1862-1864. Band and Hospital service. From
Dr. H. T. King, a roster of Pitt County soldiers, 1860-1865, 60 pp. mss.
Papers from State Offices.—The following papers and volumes
were received from various State offices
:
Secretary of State, 1729-1905, 4,900 pieces.
Treasurer, Comptroller, and Auditor, 1790-1870, 33 volumes, 7,900
pieces.
Customs House Papers, 900 pieces, 1788-1790.
^ Presented by Mrs. John M. Ellington and Mr. Cadmus Young, Polenta.
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County Records.—223 cases and volumes were received from the
following counties : Bute, Buncombe, Brunswick, Carteret, Cumber-land,
Duplin, Halifax, 'New Hanover, Northampton, Orange, Robeson,
Wayne. This swells our county collection to 1,088 cases and volumes
covered in the list above.
Maps.—The following maps were received
:
Map of the United States with insert of North Carolina, 1804.
Plan of Wilmington, 1769. From Dr. Charles M. Andrews.
London in Miniature, Edward Mogg, 1829. From Mrs. Fattie D. B.
Arrington.
World War Records, 1914-1919
Individual Records—Army—300.—North Carolina War Service
Records (World War), 1914-1919. Compiled by Daughters of the Amer-ican
Revolution. Cloth. 2 Vols. 885 pp. Local Board Lists of
Inducted men from North Carolina, alphabetized by race, names, and
counties, for binding—a list of about 55,100 names. In conjunction
with the Adjutant-General we have also a card index to all service
men from North Carolina by all classes. This list contains over 90,000
names.
Individual Records—Navy—4.
Individual Records—Air Service—4.
Deserters.—A complete file to date of the deserters from North Caro-lina,
as published by the War Department and the Congressional
Record.
Soldiers' Letters—120.—George W. Alston, Josej^h A. Bumpus,
Robert W. Winston, Jr., and Collier Cobb, Jr.
Photographs—50.
History of North Carolina Units.—Base Hospital 65.
30th Division.—Field Orders 2nd Army Corps—1 volume, also 2
volumes manuscript.
Calendar of Records of 30th Division in the files of the Historical
Section, Army War College, MSS. 60 pp.
Calendar of Records of 60th Brigade, 30th Division, in the files of
the Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 14 pp.
Calendar of Records of 105th Sanitary Train, in the files of the
Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 1 p.
Calendar of Records of the 10th Field Squad Battalion, in the files
of the Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 2 pp.
Calendar of Records of the 105th Supply Train, in the files of the
Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 1 p.
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Calendar of Eecords of the 105tli Engineers, in the files of the His-torical
Section, Army War College, MSS. 10 pp.
Calendar of Records of 113th Field Artillery, in the files of the His-torical
Section, Army War College, MSS. 1 p.
Calendar of Records of 115th Machine Gun Battalion, in the files
of the Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 2 pp.
Calendar of Records of the 105th Train Headquarters, in the files
of the Historical Section, Army War College, MSS. 1 p.
Calendar of Records of the 119th Infantry, in the files of the His-torical
Section, Army War College, MSS. 7 pp.
Calendar of Records of the 120th Infantry, in the files of the His-torical
Section, Army War College, MSS. 3 pp.
113th Field Artillery, about 10,000 original records, 1916-1919.
113th Machine Gun Battalion. Calendar of Records, Army War
College, MSS. 2 pp.
117th Engineer Train. Calendar of Records in Army War College,
MSS. 15 pp.
American Legion.—Complete file of American Legion Weekly to date.
Complete file of papers Department of N'orth Carolina.
Red Cross.—History of following chapters : Englehard, Hyde Coun-ty;
Greensboro; Hillsboro.
War Savings.—200 pieces from Miss Kate Herring.
Y. M. C. A.—Report of Greensboro Y. M. C. A., April 19 17-July,
1920.
County War History.—Granville, Vol., 214 pp.; Chowan, 300
pieces; Halifax, 200 pieces; Caswell, Vol., 350 pp.; Brunswick, 200
pieces ; Union, 60 pp. MSS.
Women in the War.—^Women's Committee, Council of Defence, 15
^pp. MSS.
Miscellaneous.—
Pamphlets—2,000.
War Poetry—100 pieces.
Mrs. R. O. Burton, Scrap Book—10,000 clippings.
Newspapers.—In addition to the E. Burke Haywood collection of
Civil War newspapers, systematic search for iN'orth Carolina newspapers
prior to 1800 has been prosecuted. Through the courtesy of the
Library of Congress in making photostats of papers in its possession,
the Massachusetts Historical Society in making photostat positives
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under an arrangement made in 1920, and the University of ISTortli Caro-lina
Library in lending volumes and' odd numbers of papers, the
Historical Commission now has 652 numbers as follows
:
Washington Federalist
Rind & Prentiss, Washington, D. C.
Year No. Date Remarks
1801 182 November 25 Pages 1 and 2.
The Virginia Gazette
John Dixon & William Hunter
1775 1272 December 23 Pages 1 and 2.
1778 1415 May 15
The North Carolina Journal
Abraham Hodge, Halifax
1794
1795
1796
80 January
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1796 219
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Year No. Date Remarks
1795 489 June 6
491 20
493 July 4
494 11
510 October 24 Pages 3 and 4 mutilated.
511 31
512 November 7
513 14
519 December 26
1796 519 January 2
526 February 13
528 27
.... March . . Pages 1 and 2 mutilated.
533 April 2
534 9 Pages 3 and 4 mutilated.
537 30
539 Mav 14
540 " 21
541 28
542 June 5
543 12
544 18 Pages 2 and 3 missing.
545 25
546 July 2
547 9
548 16
551 August 6
553 20
555 September 3
556 10
557 17
559 October 1
560 8
562 22
563 29
564 November 5
565 12
566 19
567 26
568 December 3 Pages 3 and 4 mutilated.
569 10
570 17
572 31
1797 573 January 7
575 21 Slightly blotted.
576 28
577 February 4
580 ' 25
682 March 11
583 18
584 25
586 AprU 8
587 15
603 August 5
Martin's North Carolina Gazette
F. X. Martin, N'ewbern
1787 80 July 11
85 August 15
103 December 19
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The State Gazette of North Carolina
Hodge & Blanchard, Newbern
Year No.
1787 99
105
1788 117
124
Date
October 4
November 15
February 7
March 27
Remarks
Pages 1 and 4.
Mutilated—printed by Hodge & Wills.
Slightly mutilated, crepelined.
The [N'ewbern Gazette
Jolin C. Osborn & Co., ISTewbern
1798 34 November 24
35 December 1
1799
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Fayetteville Gazette
Sibley & Howard, Fayetteville
Year No. Date Remarks
1789 1 August 24 Pages 3 and 4 rnvtilated, crepelined.
4 September 14
5 21
8 October 12
Fayetteville Gazette
Alexander Martin, for Jolin Sibley
179'2 1 August 7
8 September 25
9 October 2
10 9
11 16
12 23
13 30
14 November 6
17 27
19 December 11
1793 12 January 2
32 March 5
33 12
41 May 21
42 28
43 June 4
65 S November 19 Printed by Lancelot A. Mi.llin for John
Sibley.
Hall's Wilmington Gazette
1797 6 February 9
7 16
9 March 2
12 23 and extra of 2 pages.
13 30
14 April 6
16 20
23 June 8
35 August 24
37 September 7
39 28
40 October 5
42 12
43 26
44 November 3
1798 58 February 8
60 22
62 March 8
65 29
67 April 12
74 May 31
77 June 21
87 August 30
93 October 11
97 November 15
99 29
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The Wilmington Gazette
Allmand Hall, Wilmington
Year No. Date Remarks
1799 113
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The State Gazette of North Carolina
Hodge & Wills, Edenton
Year No. Remarks
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NEW COLLECTIONS
Frederick Nash Papers.—From Assistant Attorney-General Frank
Nash the Commission received the papers of Chief Justice Frederick
Nash, 1781-1858, 25 pieces.
Tazewell Hargrove Papers.—Mr. W. Stamps Howard of Tarboro
gave to the Commission the Tazewell C. Hargrove collection of auto-graphs
of members of the North Carolina Secession Convention, 1861.
T. D. Hogg Papers.—From Miss Sallie Dortch of Raleigh the Com-mission
received 2,000 pieces of miscellaneous Civil "War material, the
property of her grandfather. Major T. D. Hogg.
David Clark Papers.—Chief Justice Walter Clark gave to the His-torical
Commission 19 letters of his father, General David Clark,
relating to the defenses of the Eoanoke River, 1860.
E. BiJRKE Haywood Collection of Civil War Newspapers.—From
Mr. Ernest Haywood of Raleigh the Historical Commission received
the following collection of newspapers, deposited as a memorial to his
father and mother. Dr. E. Burke Haywood and Mrs. Lucy A. Haywood.
The collection includes
:
Daily Sentinel of Raleigh, 10 vols., 1865-1870.
Raleigh Standard, 9 vols., 1859-1866.
Raleigh Register, 5 vols., 1850-1868.
Raleigh State Journal, 1 vol., 1860-1865.
Raleigh Daily Conservative, 1 vol., 1864-1865,
Raleigh Progress, 1 vol., 1862-1865.
Raleigh Daily Confederate, 1 vol., 1864-1865.
Richmond Enquirer, 2 vols., 1863-1864.
Richmond Sentinel, 1 vol., 1863-1864.
Richmond Examiner, 3 vols., 1861-1865.
North Carolina Presbyterian (Fayetteville), 1 \ol., 1858-1863.
National Intelligencer (Washington, D. C), 9 vols., 1840-1859.
Diary of Catharine Ann Edmondston.—From Mrs. Katherine Deve-reux
Mackay the Historical Commission received the diary of Mrs.
Catharine Ann Edmondston, daughter of Thomas Pollock Devereux and
Catharine Ann Devereux of Raleigh. The diary is in four volumes.
It deals with daily happenings on the plantation, Hascosea, near Scot-land
Neck, North Carolina, and with the general progress of the Civil
War. It covers the dates 1860-1866.
Drury Lacy Letters.—From Col. J. Bryan Grimes the Historical
Commission received a collection of 40 letters written by Rev. Charles
Phillips of Chapel Hill to Rev. Drury Lacy of Raleigh. The letters
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cover the year 18S3, and form a chapter in a correspondence that con-tinued
from 1849 till about ISS-i between these two friends.
IhcKsox Lettees.—^From Mr. E. K. Bryan, Scotts Hill, X. C, the
Commission received 10 letters written by William Dickson, Duplin
County, X. C, to his cousin, Robert Dickson, in Ireland. The letters
cover the years 1784-1790, and give a true picture of the closing
years of the Revolution.
"Wood Johx Hamlix Papees.—This collection of 278 letters was
secured by purchase. They cover the years 1762-1835, and deal with
business and plantation affairs on the estate of "Wood John Hamlin
in Halifax County.
Registee of Licentiates.—Board of Medical Examiners of Xorth
Carolina, 1 vol., 1859-1920. Deposited by Dr. Kemp P. Battle.
Autograph of Johx Hancock.—From Mr. Owen Kenan, Wil-mington.
Hogg Deeds.—13 pieces from Mrs. C. A. Shore, Raleigh.
XORTH CAROLIXA RECORDS IX LOXDOX
In the summer of 1922 Mr. R. D. "W. Connor searched the records of
Xorth Carolina in the British Public Record OfEce and the British
Museum. The notable results of Mr. Connor's search may be seen in
the following brief report
:
Chapel Hill, X. C, Xovember 17, 1922.
De. D. H. Hill, Secretary,
The Xorth Carolina Historical Commission,
Raleigh, X. C.
Deab De. Hlll :—In accordance with the request of the Xorth Caro-lina
Historical Commission that I go to London to examine the collections
in the British Public Record Office and the British Museum to ascertain
whether they contain any documents of importance to the colonial his-tory
of Xorth Carolina of which the State does not now have copies,
I sailed from Xew York June 17th and spent the eight weeks from
June 26th to August 19th in London at work in the two above mentioned
institutions.
The chief depository of material bearing on Colonial America is the
British Public Record Office, where my work was mostly done. The
greater portion of the Xorth Carolina material deposited there has
been printed in the Colonial and State Records of Xorth Carolina, but
much valuable material remains to be copied. How much there is of
such material I cannot say, because the collections are so large that
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in the time at my disposal I could not possibly make a complete exam-ination
of them. The series of Colonial Office Papers alone embraces
1,742 volumes and bundles of manuscripts. It was perfectly obvious,
therefore, that in eight weeks I could examine but a few, comparatively,
of the hundreds of volumes that might contain iN'orth Carolina material.
I decided accordingly to examine in each collection a sufficient number
of volumes to enable me to determine three things, namely
:
1. Whether they contain unpublished material of importance to our
history;
2. The character and scope of that material;
3. The best method of obtaining copies of it.
Altogether I made such an examination of 371 volumes and bundles
in the following collections, which are described in Andrew's "Guide,"
in the volume and on the pages indicated in parentheses following each
title :
State Papers, Foreign, and Foreign Office Papers (I, 18-41).
State Papers, Domestic, and Home Office Papers (I, 42-74).
Colonial Office Papers (I, 78-267).
Admiralty Papers (II, 1-65).
Audit Office, Declared Papers (II, 66-78).
Audit Office, Declared Accounts (II, 79-105).
Lord Chamberlain Papers (II, 107-108).
Treasury Papers (II, 136-269).
War Office Papers (II, 270-303).
In each of the volumes, or bundles, which I examined, I listed the
documents which bear directly on North Carolina, and I attach hereto
a check-list of those documents. Many of the documents on this list
are printed in the Colonial Records, but I have not had time yet to
check them up completely. Those which I have checked have been
marked out. I have thus checked through the first 44 pages of the
attached list ; some of the documents which I have not marked out may
be in the Colonial Eecords, but if so I have not been able to locate
them. An examination of this list will show that there is still a vast
amount of material bearing on the colonial history of North Carolina
which is not in print, but it is impossible now to say what the extent
of this material is. For instance, the first 57 pages of the attached list
contain the North Carolina material found in 109 volumes and bundles
of Colonial Office Papers; but there are 1,633 volumes and bundles
in the series which I did not examine.
The attached list reveals four classes of documents which, it seems
to me, are important to our history, namely:
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1. Documents dealing directly with North Carolina and North Carolinians.
2. Documents bearing upon territory formerly but not now embraced
within the limits of North Carolina.
3. Documents dealing with matters of common interest to all the American
colonies, or to two or more including North Carolina, but which do not
refer to specific colonies.
4. Documents concerning individuals connected with the history of North
Carolina, but concerning them either before such connection began or
after it ceased.
The final point to be considered is the best procedure to be followed
for procuring copies of this material. It will be a simple matter to
employ the services of expert copyists in London at reasonable rates
of compensation, but the chief problem will be to select the documents
to be copied. These are scattered through hundreds of volumes and
bundles of manuscripts, each of which contains papers bearing on
many different subjects. There will be no difficulty in regard to docu-ments
which bear on their face the colony to which they refer, but
hundreds of them must be selected from their subject matter. This,
of course, will require some knowledge of Colonial American history,
if not of Worth Carolina history, on the part of the person making
the selections. It seems to me, therefore, that the Commission must
decide upon one of two courses
:
First, to send to London a member of the staff of the Commission
with instructions to make an examination of every volume and every
bundle (except those I have already examined) and' list every document
bearing on our history sufficiently directly to make it advisable for us
to have a copy of it. If this is done, such person ought to be instructed
within the field. Such a procedure would, of course, involve a rather
long residence in England—at least a year; perhaps longer—and con-siderable
expense. The alternative, it seems to me, is
Secondly, to draw from the data which I have already collected gen-eral
instructions describing the kinds of material wanted, and trust to
some carefully selected agent resident in England to make the selections
under such guidance. A large percentage of the material would be
obvious ; the doubtful material might be listed by descriptive titles and
submitted to the Commission for instructions, though this would, of
course, involve extra handling of the documents and extra expense.
Under this plan many documents of which we ought to have copies
would doubtless be overlooked, but the work could be done probably at
less expense than would be involved in the first plan suggested above.
Finally, whatever is done ought to be done as soon as possible. Many
of these documents—among them some of the most important—are in
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very bad condition and are rapidly disintegrating under the constant
handling to which they are being subjected'. This is especially true of
the American Loyalists Papers, which are of the utmost value for the
social, economic, political and military history of North Carolina during
the American Eevolution. For a description of these papers see the
attached check-list under the head "Audit Office Papers." Many of these
documents are so rotten that they cannot be handled even with the
utmost care without damage.
In conclusion, I must not omit to say that whatever the Commission
decides to do about these documents, it may expect to receive the fullest
and heartiest co-operation of the officials of the Public Eecord Office.
Very truly yours,
E. D. W. Connor.
HISTOEICAL MAEKEES
A committee of citizens in ISTew Hanover County formed an associa-tion
to mark the southwest salient of Port Fisher. A bronze marker
was placed on the site of this salient to preserve the memory of its
location and importance in this historic fort.
STOEY OF THE COUNTIES
Col. Fred A. Olds wrote and published, through the courtesy of the
Orphans Friend, Oxford, IST. C, "A Story of the Counties of North
Carolina, with Other Data." Paper, 64 pp. The Historical Commission
distributed 2,500 of these invaluable pamphlets.
HALL OF HISTOEY
I submit herewith the report of the Collector for the Hall of History,
and call your special attention to the fine collection of World War relics
known as the Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt Collection. The Museum
has been kept open every day of the past biennium, and 315 classes
of school children received lectures there on North Carolina history.
Thousands of visitors have viewed the collections.
Eeport of the Collector for the Hall of History
Ealeigh, N. C, December 1, 1922.
Dr. D. H, Hill, Secretary:
I beg leave to submit herewith my report as Collector for the Hall of
History for the period December 1, 1920-November 30, 1922
:
The search for relics and documents during the past two years has
yielded rich returns, in great variety, covering all periods of North
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Carolina's history, and it has been made in practically all the counties,
the only exception being those created since 1865, which present no
field for such activities.
Special efforts, extremely successful, were made to complete; the
notable collection of county records, including marriage bonds. Records
from Bute (extinct since 1779), Duplin, Halifax, Buncombe, North-ampton,
Carteret, Robeson, Cumberland, Wayne, New Hanover,
Brunswick, and Orange, were secured, and marriage bonds from Bute,
Warren, Rowan, Brunswick, Pasquotank, New Hanover, tud Robeson.
In some cases the existence of this material was not known by the
county officials. Records of births, marriages, and deaths in Pasquo-tank
(formed in 1672) were brought in from 1685.
Colonial relics in great variety form a notable addition to the col-lection
in the Hall of History. Revolutionary relics from the battle-fields
of Moore's Creek, Ramseur's Mill, King's Mountain, Guilford
Court House, and from other sources, including John Penn's Diary,
have been added.
Indian relics from Lake Mattamuskeet and other points have been
brought in and installed; also many which illustrate the Scotch settle-ment
and life.
Most careful searches were made in the State Capitol and in other
buildings for historical material, and the "finds" were surprisingly
numerous and! varied. The records of the Governors in the executive
office were also brought in, arranged and installed in the archives
department.
Oil portraits of William Gaston, the writer of the State song, "The
Old North State," and of Weldon N. Edwards, who presided over the
Secession Convention at Raleigh, May, 1861, were received by pre-sentation
as gifts.
The muster rolls of the 26th North Carolina Infantry, C. S. A.
(Vance, Burgwyn and Lane, its colonels in succession), were presented
and tell the stirring history of the regiment which lost more men in
the war than any other of the more than 4,000 regiments in the Federal
and Confederate armies.
Many relics of the War Between the States were gathered, among
them the brigade flag of Brigadier General Lawrence O'Brian Branch,
who was killed in Virginia.
Numerous relics of the World War, illustrating North Carolina's
part in it, were secured, notably an illustrative collection from the
battlefields where the 105th Engineers were engaged, these being a
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gift from its colonel, Joseph Hyde Pratt, as a memorial to the
organization, which was in the 30th—or Old Hickory—Division of
the American Expeditionary Forces.
Autographed photographs of North Carolina officers of high rank
are also among the new additions. The North Carolina branch of the
E,ed Cross and the great hospital at Oteen, near Asheville, presented
tapestries which were gifts by King George of Great Britain. Photo-graphs
illustrating thd visit of Marshal Foch of France to JSTorth
Carolina were another addition.
The music and words of the original "Dixie," with a photograph
and the autograph of Daniel D. Emmett, the author of the famous
song, are lent for a year by the owner, Mr. Curtis, of Rochester, N. Y.,
and from here go to Cornell University.
During the two years all the one hundred counties have been visited,
and in most of them history talks were made in colleges and schools of
all degrees, in cities and towns and the rural sections. These included
the State Summer School at the State College, and the Appalachian
Training School at Boone. At the latter the writer's two weeks holiday
was spent in giving lecture courses.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred A. Olds.
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY
Below will be found the report of the Legislative Reference Librarian.
I call your attention to the various services performed by this depart-ment,
and to the particular service of the bill-drafting service rendered
the General Assembly. Six hundred fifty bills were drafted here during
the regular session of the General Assembly of the 1921 and the special
session.
The report follows
:
Raleigh, N. C, November 20, 1922.
Dr. D. H. Hill, Secretary,
North Carolina Historical Commission,
Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Sir:—I beg to submit herewith a report of the work of the
Legislative Reference Library from December 1, 1920, to November
20, 1922:
The past twenty-four months have been unusually active ones in the
Legislative Reference Library. During this period the following publi-
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cations liave been prepared and distributed among State and county offi-cials,
libraries and civic and professional organizations throughout
the State:
1. Two editions of the Directory of State and County Officials. Hundreds
of requests were received for this useful booklet, both from within and
without the State.
2. A booklet containing the official vote by counties for President, State
officers. Congressmen and constitutional amendments at the election held in
November, 1920. A similar booklet covering the 1922 election will bei issued
shortly.
3. Bulletin No. 3, containing amendments to the Consolidated Statutes
enacted at the Extra Session of 1920 and the regular session of 1921, arranged
according to the section numbers of the Consolidated Statutes. This bulletin
of 69 pages has proved invaluable to the lawyers and court officials through-out
the State.
4. Bulletin No. 4 (24 pages), containing amendments to the Consolidated
Statutes enacted at the Extra Session of the General Assembly held in
December, 1921. This bulletin, together with Bulletin No. 3, contains all
amendments to the Consolidated Statutes enacted since its adoption in 1919.
5. A booklet of 32 pages containing synopsis of Game Laws of various
counties brought up to date with a supplement of game legislation enacted
at the Special Session of 1921.
6. A court calendar was compiled showing the dates of the Superior Court
held in the various counties of the State. This is especially useful to court
officials, lawyers, and the public generally.
A concise handbook of information as to the activities of the various
State departments is being compiled. This publication is designed to
give a brief description of all State agencies and will serve as a guide
to all persons seeking information and assistance. It will contain a
sketch of the Avork, together with citation of laws creating each depart-ment,
showing its chartered function.
Prior to the election of 1922, the press was furnished a compilation
showing the compensation of members of the various State Legislatures,
so that the voters might be informed when passing on the constitutional
amendment increasing the compensation of members of the General
Assembly.
During the regular session of the General Assembly of 1921 five hun-dred
bills were prepared and drafted for members, and during the Extra
Session of December, 1921, one hundred and fifty bills were likewise
prepared in this office, three stenographers from the offices of the En-grossing
Clerks of the House and Senate having been kept busy type-writing
the bills drafted. Members of the General Assembly, partic-ularly
the lay members, have appreciated this feature of the work in
the Legislative Eeference Library more than ever.
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In addition to tlie above outline of some of the principal activities
during the past two years, hundreds of inquiries touching on legislation
in this and other States have been investigated and answered, and in
no case has this office failed to give prompt and careful attention to
all matters referred to it.
Since January, 1922, Mrs. W. J. Peele has been regularly employed
as stenographer and assistant to the Legislative Reference Librarian,
and her services have been entirely satisfactory.
Respectfully yours,
Henry M. London,
Legislative Reference Librarian.
SUMMARY
The various and constant services rendered the public by the His-torical
Commission's staff cannot be adequately summarized. But the
following analysis of the foregoing report will show the main features
of the work for the past two years
:
1. 95,931 documents were properly arranged for use in our collections.
Over 100,000 other documents were grouped in proper classifications. 500
cases of new material were handled.
2. 1,078 cases and volumes of county records from fifty counties were
arranged and catalogued.
3. 17,752 pieces were scientifically repaired and mounted.
4. The Revolutionary Army Accounts were made available by an index
of five volumes.
5. 64 volumes were bound.
6. 6 publications were issued, a total of 6,000 volumes.
7. 33 collections were added to.
8. 12 new collections were secured.
9. New material in London was found and catalogued.
10. 115 researchers made use of the records; of these, 11 were preparing
monographs on North Carolina.
11. 315 classes, totalling 7,300 school children, received lectures on North
Carolina in the Hall of History.
12. 1,100 objects were added to the Hall of History.
13. The Collector for the Hall of History made 392 talks in public schools,
and issued "The Story of the Counties" to 2,500 people and institutions.
14. Two publications on the World War were prepared.
15. 5 publications were issued by the Legislative Reference Library, and
650 bills were drafted.
Respectfully submitted,
D. H. Hill,
Secretary.
Raleigh, North Carolina, December 1, 1922.
No Man is Fit to be Enteusted with
CoNTEOL OF THE PbESENT WhO IS IgNOEANT
OF THE Past; and No People Who Abe
Indiffeeent to Theie Past Need Hope to
Make Theie Futuee Geeat.